The Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) 1998 was introduced to provide protection to workers who disclosed wrongdoing within the workplace. In its original form, oddly
Workers have a statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings, so long as the companion is a fellow worker, trade union representative
Not many people would argue that sending obscene and pornographic images from a work email address to someone outside of work, or to a female
We have posted before about the UK’s fondness for CCTV surveillance and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published an updated code of practice
Fixed-term contracts are perhaps more commonly used in the charity sector than any other sector due to the funding environment within which charities are positioned.
The managing director of a construction company has been prosecuted and fined after an inspector found “appalling” site safety on a demolition site controlled by
In Court: Care Home Fined after Window Death A care home has been fined £196,000 following the death of an elderly resident who fell to
Employees can, when their employment has ended, issue breach of contract claims in the Employment Tribunals (ET). Such a claim may be for wages, notice
Concerns have been raised over whether an increase in inspections by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has stemmed from the government’s Fee For Intervention
Bromley Council decided that it wanted to take control of the pay review process for its employees locally, rather than it be the subject of
